Georgia Death Certificates

Ordering Georgia Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Georgia Death Certificates

Certified copies of death records are available from 1919 to the present. Death certificates are available to the general public.

Certified copies of vital records may be obtained from the state vital records office (all counties), or the county where the vital event occurred. Each county and the state office has a public walk in service; however, county offices may be closed some days of the week or hours during the day. The state office public walk in counter is open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Directions are available.

The person requesting a certified copy of a death record must provide the following information and a signed request:

• Full name of deceased,
• Date of death (month, day, year),
• Place of death (city, county),
• Age of deceased at death,
• Sex,
• Race (optional),
• The number of copies requested.
• Relationship to deceased.

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Georgia. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Georgia Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Georgia Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Georgia.

• Georgia Obituaries - find obituaries from Georgia newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.